Iowa

For Iowa, witnesses required is witnessed, at the testator’s request, by two competent persons who signed as witnesses in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other; self-proving affidavit is An attested will may be made self-proved at the time of its execution, or at any subsequent date, by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses; statute citation is Iowa Code § 633.279, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

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What the source says

All wills and codicils, except as provided in section 633.283, to be valid, must be in writing, signed by the testator, or by some person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction writing the testator’s name thereto, and declared by the testator to be the testator’s will, and witnessed, at the testator’s request, by two competent persons who signed as witnesses in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other

— legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

Where each value comes from

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— all from legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02

Source

• legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/633.279.pdf

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